Charter sunk down in Wildwood, NJ

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Charter sunk down in Wildwood, NJ

I searched around, didn't see anything. Anyone have any idea what happened here?
Glad everyone got out and rescued. Sad to see it. Happened during a local fluke tournament; not sure if the boat that sunk was part of it, but the rescue boat was.

I skipped the tourney because of bad conditions overnight and into the morning.

The boat was an old 31 Rampage
Tight 3-5 ft seas
Captain not sure what happened but it happened fast
They took on water quickly and had no time to save her
They were drifting for flounder ,there was no collision

Captain John Beach did a great job in getting his charter into life jackets and off the boat safely
Kudos to my buddy Capt Ray Trainor on the Miss Addison
He did an awesome job picking up 7 guys in tough conditions
Hopefully good karma comes your way bud!!

we’re quite a few miles north of that area, 80 miles or so, but we canned our entire day because of the weather. The night before was 4-6 small craft advisory and into the morning was still terrible when the storms rolled through. The wind stayed up all day. A lot of people did go but it’s not fun in those conditions for me. My biggest issue is getting in and out of barnegat inlet with a big swell.

This is a story we hear a lot. It went down in minutes. Nothing we could do.

In reality, a lot of these boats were sinking for a long time, but nobody realized it until the cockpit flooded.

Not saying that happened here but it fits the pattern of a flooded engine compartment. High water alarms can save you if that starts to happen. Once it reaches a certain point though, it will end fast.